Author: Punggol Lyes

It is nowadays very common to find nouns being used as verbs in the English Language. Here we have nouns in the form of fruits being used as verbs. At Kampung Kampus you have the opportunity to be Durianed as there are durians to be harvested during the durian season or taste all the fruits mentioned in the title. Most of the fruits at Kampung are of the local varieties. Some like rambutan, mangosteen or durian are seasonal while others like papaya and chiku are perennials and have fruits all year round.

PS. Latest update June 2025 : Please note that some of the fruit trees like durian and mangosteen are no longer available at Kampung Kampus as it has moved to a new site and these trees were not relocated to the new site.

Kampus Kampus is trasversed by many alluring and quaint little paths. Let your hair down and take a stroll along these charming paths and discover the simple delights nature has to offer you at the farm.

For those familiar with Kampung Kampus, it is generally known as a place where pesticide-free vegetables are grown. Vying for attention too are the myriad of flowers that can be found on the farm. They range from the garden varieties like roses and jasmine to more exotic species like the Red-Hot Cat’s tail. All in all, there are a few hundred species of flowers growing in Kampung Kampus.

It’s amazing. You can literally find something from the Jurassic period at the Kampung. No, I am not talking about those fanciful creatures like those at the Changi Jurassic Mile. We are dealing with living things and not Jurassic period fossils.

Have you heard of the Cycads? These plants were found almost everywhere during the Jurassic era; so much so that the Period is sometimes referred to as the Age of the Cycads. As a group of plants, they have not changed much since the Jurassic time.

The Cardboard plant in one of the Cycads plants found at the Kampung. It is similar to a palm and thus also called the Cardboard palm. The plant is extremely toxic to all animals and there is no known antidote. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why it has survived all this time.

Another cycads plant in Kampung Kampus is the Sago Palm or King Palm. Like the Cardboard plant, all parts of this plant are toxic with the seeds containing the highest level of the toxin.

Canistel fruit is a fruit commonly grown in the tropics. However, it is not commercially marketed as the fruit is not grown on a large scale. The flesh of a ripe fruit is soft and sweet quite similar to that of a sweet potato but a little astringent. The fruit is most flavourful and velvety in texture when harvested fully ripen.

• Cut a few stalks of dog fennels
• Crush the leaves
• Soak them in a container of water for about one hour
• Wash leaves affected by the rust with dog fennel solution or sprinkle on the plant.

Kampung  has a farm where organic fresh vegetables and herbs are grown.